Understanding the Working College Student

by Perna, Laura W.; DuBois, Glenn

• ISBN13: 9781579224271
• ISBN10: 157922427X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-28
• Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

Summary

The high, and increasing, prevalence and intensity of working among both dependent and independent students raises a number of important questions for public policymakers, college administrators, faculty, academic advisors, student services and financial aid staff, and institutional and educational researchers. This book offers the most complete and comprehensive conceptualization of the "working college studentr" available. Book jacket.

Author Biography

The Editor: Laura W. Perna is associate professor of higher education the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Work As a Form of Financial Aid
Student Work and the Financial Aid System	p. 3
Work As a Component of Student Identity
Adult Workers as Undergraduate Students: Significant Challenges for Higher Education Policy and Practice	p. 23
Overcoming Adversity: Community College Students and Work	p. 43
Mobile Working Students: A Delicate Balance of College, Family, and Work	p. 67
Academic Success for Working Adult Students	p. 93
Work As a Vehicle for Promoting Cognitive Development and Learning
Using Economics to Illuminate the Dynamic Higher Education Landscape	p. 115
Of A Mind to Labor: Reconceptualizing Student Work and Higher Education	p. 134
Job Fare: Workplace Experiences That Help Students Learn	p. 155
Work As a Vehicle for Improving Student Engagement
Working During College: Its Relationship to Student Engagement and Education Outcomes	p. 179
Effects of Work On African American College Students' Engagement	p. 213
Impact of Working On Undergraduate Students' Interactions With Faculty	p. 234
Work As a Vehicle for Improving Educational and Economic Attainment
Understanding The Relationship Between Working While In College and Future Salaries	p. 261
Conclusions and Recommendations for Policy, Practice, and Future Research	p. 283
About The Authors and Editor	p. 309
Index	p. 317
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